Personal guarantor liability permits SARFAESI enforcement despite corporate debtor CIRP where no guarantor insolvency application is pending.

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....SARFAESI enforcement against personal guarantors may continue while CIRP is pending only against the corporate debtor, because the corporate-debtor moratorium does not extend to guarantors. The notes explain that an interim moratorium for a personal guarantor arises only when a creditor files an insolvency application against that guarantor; a demand notice alone is insufficient. They further state that IBC consolidation provisions do not apply where no guarantor insolvency proceeding exists, and that SARFAESI and debt-recovery proceedings are complementary remedies rather than mutually exclusive elections. On the stated facts, the possession notice, auction and sale certificate were restored by setting aside the contrary DRT directions; the Bank's writ petition was treated as maintainable.....